From: Atlanta CCIE (atlantaccie@gmail.com)
Date: Thu Aug 21 2008 - 00:58:22 ART
I have to agree with you Abdul. I am not a long-time follower of groupstudy
but for some reason Joe comes out as the most negative person out there lol.
I hope most of his posts are "for fun" :-D
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 11:11 PM, Abdul <rslab007@gmail.com> wrote:
> Joe,
> I have to disagree with you here. I didn't want to reply, but I decide to.
> I
> have my Bachelors in Engineering and part of my masters in MIS, yet I'm
> still pursuing my CCIE number. A CCIE on average pays more than a CPA. I
> know many a CPA who don't make as much as even I and I don't have the
> number.
>
> And regarding the law degree. I agree with you. But only for top attorneys
> in the field. I have a brother who is a top corporate attorney with
> prestigious law firm in the Chicago area. While he may be 3x my salary,
> he's
> not 10x. And I'm paid pretty handsomely commensurate to my 14yrs of doing
> network engineering. I'm still making more than my cousin who's also an
> attorney with years of experience. And its not like super paid or nothing.
> Its does help being in the NY/NJ/PA metropolitan market.
>
> The CCIE lab is a tough exam. A little different from college and graduate
> courses/programs, and yes lacking basic accounting questions but its still
> a
> very tough exam and a worthy goal for anyone pursuing it.
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 10:00 PM, Joseph Brunner <joe@affirmedsystems.com
> >wrote:
>
> > Love the stupid article Frog!
> >
> > Harder than the Bar Exam?
> > Harder than the Certified Public Accounting Exam?
> >
> > LOL
> >
> > According to these "CCIE" experts who write about an exam they have never
> > taken, the CCIE cert is always "harder" than anything that
> >
> > 1. Pays on average better than the CCIE (in NY about 3x-10x BETTER)
> > 2. You have to attend school to get it
> > 3. You have to undergo rigorous public scrutiny to get it
> >
> > Here's one from my finance workbook see how many CCIE's can answer it...
> >
> > "Interest rates are currently 7.5% per annum. I can afford to make
> monthly
> > mortgage payments of $1000, per month for the next 25 years. In 25 years
> > time, I will receive $100,000 as the proceeds of a life policy, which I
> > will
> > use to repay any outstanding amount on the mortgage. What is the most I
> can
> > borrow to purchase a home right now"
> >
> > -J
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> > Radioactive Frog
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 8:12 PM
> > To: Cisco certification
> > Subject: How Cisco makes CCIE lab exam questions - here is the answer
> >
> > Interesting...one
> >
> > http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/edu/2006/0522ed1.html
> >
> > -frog
> >
> >
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